CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A motorcyclist was killed early Sunday morning after a crash on N. Tryon Street. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified the driver as Satchel Phillip Bass, 35.
Officers responded to the 5700 block of N. Tryon Street around 4:43a.m. The preliminary investigation showed that Bass was traveling north on N. Tryon St. at a high rate of speed on a 2008 Kawasaki when he ran off the right side of the road and crashed in a nearby parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
